INFORMATICS
GRADUATION REQUIREMENT: COMPUTER SCIENCE I OR ITS EQUIVALENT
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he goal of Informatics is to empower students to view technology as a malleable tool they can tailor to fit their needs. Students will additionally develop the logical reasoning needed to work with and understand the inner workings of a computer. All throughout, students are encouraged, and in many cases required, to practice the skills of communicating their technical understandings to others. Formalizing these simple skill sets allows our students to engage in the rest of their coursework at Marianapolis with vividly improved expertise. The Informatics Department is steadily evolving to provide relevant skills to a growing field. The computer is a tool whose capacity and application will continue to expand at enormous rates for the foreseeable future. We have already seen the computer become an indispensable tool not only for many of today’s businesses and professions, but in everyday life as well. These trends will only accelerate. All students at Marianapolis should graduate with, at the very least, a basic understanding of and familiarity with the workings of computers. Ideally, most of our students will become proficient in applying the power of this tool 47
to their chosen professions, while some will become the scientists and engineers who create new capabilities for the tool itself. COURSE TITLE: GRADE LEVEL: PREREQUISITES: DURATION:
COMPUTER SCIENCE I 9 - PG None One term
The goal of this course is to equip students with a standardized set of skills necessary for 21st Century learning. Students will gain technical skills with hardware and software that will empower them to maintain their own equipment. Students will gain an appreciation for the historical perspective of our technological age as well as the dangers inherent within a rapidly expanding information network. Through this process, the class will emphasize logical deduction as well as best practices in presenting and sharing work.
